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Alvarez, A. C. (author), Bruining, J. (author), Marchesin, D. (author)Carbonated water flooding (CWI) increases oil production due to favorable dissolution effects and viscosity reduction. Accurate modeling of CWI performance requires a simulator with the ability to capture the true physics of such process. In this study, compositional modeling coupled with surface complexation modeling (SCM) are done, allowing...journal article 2024
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Farajzadeh, R. (author), Glasbergen, G. (author), Karpan, V. (author), Mjeni, R. (author), Boersma, D. M. (author), Eftekhari, A. A. (author), Casquera Garcia, A. (author), Bruining, J. (author)Production of mature oil fields emits significant amount of CO<sub>2</sub> related to circulation and handling of large volumes of gas and water. This can be reduced either by (1) using a low-carbon energy source and/or (2) reducing the volumes of the non-hydrocarbon produced/injected fluids. This paper describes how improved oil recovery...journal article 2022
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Farajzadeh, R. (author), Eftekhari, Ali Akbar (author), Kahrobaei, Siavash (author), Mjeni, Rifaat (author), Boersma, Diederik (author), Bruining, J. (author)We develop a method based on concept of exergy-return on exergy-investment (ERoEI) to determine the energy efficiency and CO<sub>2</sub> footprint of polymer and surfactant enhanced oil recovery (EOR). This integrated approach considers main surface and subsurface elements of the chemical EOR methods. The main energy investment in oil...conference paper 2022
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Farajzadeh, R. (author), Lomans, Bartholomeus Petrus (author), Hajibeygi, H. (author), Bruining, J. (author)This paper presents an assessment of the life-cycle exergetic efficiency and CO2 footprint of the underground biomethanation process. The subsurface formation, hosting microorganisms required for the reaction, is utilized to convert CO2 and green (produced from renewable energy) hydrogen to the so-called "green"or synthetic methane. The net...journal article 2022
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- Hussain, A.A.A. (author), Khoshnevis Gargar, N. (author), Meulenbroek, B.J. (author), van der Star, Wouter R L (author), Bruining, J. (author), Claringbould, Johan (author), Reerink, Ayla (author), Wolf, K.H.A.A. (author) abstract 2021
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Farajzadeh, R. (author), Kahrobaei, Siavash (author), Eftekhari, Ali Akbari (author), Mjeni, Rifaat A. (author), Boersma, Diederik (author), Bruining, J. (author)A method based on the concept of exergy-return on exergy-investment is developed to determine the energy efficiency and CO<sub>2</sub> intensity of polymer and surfactant enhanced oil recovery techniques. Exergy is the useful work obtained from a system at a given thermodynamics state. The main exergy investment in oil recovery by water...journal article 2021
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Farajzadeh, R. (author), Eftekhari, A. A. (author), Dafnomilis, I. (author), Lake, L. W. (author), Bruining, J. (author)This work uses pilot examples of CO<sub>2</sub> enhanced oil recovery to analyze whether and under which circumstances it is exergetically favorable to sequester CO<sub>2</sub> through enhanced oil recovery. We find that the net storage efficiency (ratio between the stored and captured CO<sub>2</sub>) of the carbon capture and storage (CCS)...journal article 2020
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Hassan, A.M. (author), Ayoub, M. (author), Eissa, M. (author), Bruining, J. (author), Zitha, P.L.J. (author)This contribution focuses on surface complexes in the calcite-brine-surfactant system. This is relevant for the recovery of oil when using a new hybrid enhanced oil recovery (EOR) method, which combines smart-water (i.e., ionically modified brine) and foam-flooding (SWAF) of light oil with dissolved carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) at high...journal article 2020
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Meulenbroek, B.J. (author), Farajzadeh, R. (author), Bruining, J. (author)Recently, there is an increased interest in reactive flow in porous media, in groundwater, agricultural and fuel recovery applications. Reactive flow modeling involves vastly different reaction rates, i.e., differing by many orders of magnitude. Solving the ensuing model equations can be computationally intensive. Categorizing reactions...journal article 2020
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Meulenbroek, B.J. (author), Khoshnevis Gargar, N. (author), Bruining, J. (author)1D water oil displacement in porous media is usually described by the Buckley-Leverett equation or the Rapoport-Leas equation when capillary diffusion is included. The rectilinear geometry is not representative for near well oil displacement problems. It is therefore of interest to describe the radially symmetric Buckley-Leverett or Rapoport...journal article 2020
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Chieng, Z. H. (author), Mohyaldinn, Mysara Eissa (author), Hassan, A.M. (author), Bruining, J. (author)In hydraulic fracturing, fracturing fluids are used to create fractures in a hydrocarbon reservoir throughout transported proppant into the fractures. The application of many fields proves that conventional fracturing fluid has the disadvantages of residue(s), which causes serious clogging of the reservoir's formations and, thus, leads to...journal article 2020
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Farajzadeh, R. (author), Zaal, CAE (author), van den Hoek, P. (author), Bruining, J. (author)Water injection into hydrocarbon reservoirs has been studied in great detail both from the subsurface and from surface perspectives, usually aiming at maximizing the production of low-cost oil. Here, the exergy concept is used to examine the potential life-cycle impact of injecting water into hydrocarbon reservoirs by considering the energy...journal article 2019
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Hassan, A.M. (author), Ayoub, M. (author), Eissa, M. (author), Musa, T. (author), Bruining, J. (author), Zitha, P.L.J. (author)This paper deals with on line viscosity measurements using integrated circuit technology, and is building on a previous paper on the use radio frequency identifier (RFID) technology for determining dielectric coefficients. It is asserted that the progress in RFID technology and integrated circuits, in particular in micro–electro–mechanical...journal article 2019
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Hassan, A.M. (author), Ayoub, M. (author), Eissa, M. (author), Musa, T. (author), Bruining, J. (author), Farajzadeh, R. (author)It has been estimated that 17% of the recovered hydrocarbon exergy in oil fields [1]is spent on fluid handling and recovery costs. Therefore, improving the efficiency of oil production can give an some contribution to more efficient energy usage and therefore minimizing to some extent the carbon footprint. By way of example we present in this...journal article 2019
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Eftekhari, A.A. (author), Farajzadeh, R. (author), Bruining, J. (author)We study the enhanced mass transfer of CO2 in water for a CO2 saturated layer on top of a water saturated porous medium, experimentally and theoretically. A relatively large experimental set-up with a length of 0.5 m and a diameter of 0.15 m is used in pressure decay experiments to minimize the error of pressure measurement due to temperature...conference paper 2018
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Hassan, A.M. (author), Bruining, J. (author), Musa, Tagwa (author), Chahardowli, M. (author)Recent developments in Radio Frequency (800 MHz–1000 MHz) Identification (RFID) devices suggest that it is possible to use them for wireless laboratory measurements of the dielectric coefficients (or compositions) of fluid mixtures with possible spin-off for their use in the petroleum engineering practice. The advantage of RFID devices is...journal article 2017
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Farajzadeh, R. (author), Guo, H. (author), van Winden, J.L. (author), Bruining, J. (author)Cation exchange is an interfacial process during which cations on a clay surface are replaced by other cations. This study investigates the effect of oil type and composition on cation exchange on rock surfaces, relevant for a variety of oil-recovery processes. We perform experiments in which brine with a different composition than that of the...journal article 2017
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Thorat, R.R. (author), Bruining, H. (author)Gas injection leads to foam formation in porous media in the presence of surfactant solutions, which is used for flow diversion and enhanced oil recovery. We present here laboratory experiments of co-injecting nitrogen and sodium C14?16 alpha olefin sulfonate with two concentrations: 20× the critical micelle concentration (CMC) in an...journal article 2016
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Effect of matrix wettability CO2 assisted gas-oil garvity drainage in naturally fractured reservoirsAmerighasrodashti, A. (author), Farajzadeh, R. (author), Shojai Kaveh, N. (author), Suicmez, S. (author), Wolf, K.H.A.A. (author), Bruining, J. (author)The wettability behavior of the matrix block is one of the major factors controlling the effectiveness of the employed EOR methods in NFRs. Water injection in NFRs with mixed-wet or effectively oil-wet matrix blocks usually results in low oil recoveries. In this case, gas injection is considered to be an alternative process, where the process...conference paper 2015
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Khosrokhavar, R. (author), Eftekhari, A.A. (author), Farajzadeh, R. (author), Wolf, K.H.A.A. (author), Bruining, J. (author)The growing concern about global warming has increased interest in improving the technology for the geological storage of CO2 in aquifers. One important aspect for aquifer storage is the rate of transfer between the overlying gas layer and the aquifer below. It is generally accepted that density driven natural convection is an important...conference paper 2015